Date: 5/22/26 9:30 am From: ANDREW DETTLING <dendroica...> Subject: Re: [birders] Kentucky warbler a2
It was a one day wonder.
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On Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 11:32 AM, sandpiper <alesemannelliott...> wrote:
Just wondering if anyone has seen the kentucky warbler in A2 since the 18th? Not seeing anything on ebird - curious if it was a one-day wonder or if other folks have seen it since
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On May 20, 2026 11:32:52 AM EDT, sandpiper <alesemannelliott...> wrote: >Just wondering if anyone has seen the kentucky warbler in A2 since the >18th? Not seeing anything on ebird - curious if it was a one-day wonder or >if other folks have seen it since > >-- >Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at www.glc.org > >Messages and content distributed on Birders are the sole responsibility of the subscriber providing such content and >do not reflect the views, policy or position of the Great Lakes >Commission. >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Birders" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to birders+<unsubscribe...> >To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<764f59e3-e663-4f80-b146-d84f23bcc3f3n...>
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Just wondering if anyone has seen the kentucky warbler in A2 since the 18th? Not seeing anything on ebird - curious if it was a one-day wonder or if other folks have seen it since
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Date: 5/19/26 9:08 am From: Fred Kaluza <fredkaluza...> Subject: [birders] Re: Do you guys watch this stuff?
Sorry guys. It’s been brought to my attention that one of my links was “bad”. I hope this one works
https://youtu.be/Md6bbTeWUDg?si=0YfMYPPpOsO16oe_ ________________________________
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Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2026 12:45:56 PM
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Yes, it’s A.I. generated and points are somewhat belabored but…I think there is also a lot of truth to the content. However, if this is the stuff being created by “data-centers” to keep me glued to the “tube”. I think I’ll be opting out in the future.
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Date: 5/18/26 11:19 am From: Amy Beaulac-Harris <abeaulac...> Subject: [birders] Should the feeders come down?
Hello, Asking for advice for a friend- this cardinal with a clear bill deformity is coming to her feeders. I am not sure if his head is molting or if it is further sign of disease. If he is just molting and has a deformed bill then she is helping him stay alive with the feeders so I am struggling to decide what to tell her to do.
Thank you.
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Date: 5/17/26 9:46 am From: Fred Kaluza <fredkaluza...> Subject: [birders] Do you guys watch this stuff?
Yes, it’s A.I. generated and points are somewhat belabored but…I think there is also a lot of truth to the content. However, if this is the stuff being created by “data-centers” to keep me glued to the “tube”. I think I’ll be opting out in the future.
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Heard this afternoon about a quarter mile down the Sharonville SGA two-track running south off Lammon Road just west of Prospect Hill.
Other warblers seen or heard so far this spring within walking distance of my house on Prospect Hill include:
Northern Parula
Common yellowthroat
Ovenbird
Yellow-rumped
Black-throated green
Blackburnian
Magnolia
Black-and-white
Nashville
Blue-winged
Yellow (I can’t bring myself to say Northern)
Also a Wilson’s at Crosswinds marsh.
Ivan
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Date: 5/7/26 9:19 am From: Mary Wise <auntyem...> Subject: Re: [birders] looking for info central US
I highly recommend the Tall Grass Prairie Preserve, I believe run by the
National Park Service. Perhaps a little bit out of your way, but a really
cool place! However, I can't remember how long the trail I took through
the prairie was. I don't remember it being super long, but probably longer
than you can do. There is a nice visitor center and I think some lookouts
you can take without doing the boardwalk/trail.
On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 11:08 AM Patricia Burden <tallerpat526...>
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> Hello all,
> I am leaving Michigan very soon for a drive to Kansas City for a
> wedding. I have been looking for wildlife refuges or interesting
> places to stop and check out migratory and local birds. I really do
> have limited mobility right now (back surgery scheduled for early
> summer) so I was trying to find either refuges with a wildlife drive
> or places to park where I can stretch my legs and see some things of
> interest. Walking is very painful, so I can't walk long trails. A
> quarter-mile is pushing my limit right now. I am most interested in
> finding interesting places to visit on my way back; I will be leaving
> KC probably Monday, May 18. I appreciate any suggestions.
> Thank you!
> Pat Burden
> Melvin & Yale, MI
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Date: 5/7/26 8:40 am From: 'Maryse Brouwers' via Birders <birders...> Subject: Re: [birders] looking for info central US
Perhaps birding from your car might be easier for you?
I Googled "midwest wildlife refuges auto tours" and found a Fish and Wildlife Service page that shows a map with a couple of such refuges along your path.
Have a pleasant trip.
> On May 7, 2026 , at 11:08 AM, Patricia Burden <tallerpat526...> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> I am leaving Michigan very soon for a drive to Kansas City for a
> wedding. I have been looking for wildlife refuges or interesting
> places to stop and check out migratory and local birds. I really do
> have limited mobility right now (back surgery scheduled for early
> summer) so I was trying to find either refuges with a wildlife drive
> or places to park where I can stretch my legs and see some things of
> interest. Walking is very painful, so I can't walk long trails. A
> quarter-mile is pushing my limit right now. I am most interested in
> finding interesting places to visit on my way back; I will be leaving
> KC probably Monday, May 18. I appreciate any suggestions.
> Thank you!
> Pat Burden
> Melvin & Yale, MI
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Date: 5/7/26 8:08 am From: Patricia Burden <tallerpat526...> Subject: [birders] looking for info central US
Hello all, I am leaving Michigan very soon for a drive to Kansas City for a wedding. I have been looking for wildlife refuges or interesting places to stop and check out migratory and local birds. I really do have limited mobility right now (back surgery scheduled for early summer) so I was trying to find either refuges with a wildlife drive or places to park where I can stretch my legs and see some things of interest. Walking is very painful, so I can't walk long trails. A quarter-mile is pushing my limit right now. I am most interested in finding interesting places to visit on my way back; I will be leaving KC probably Monday, May 18. I appreciate any suggestions. Thank you! Pat Burden Melvin & Yale, MI
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Date: 5/6/26 9:40 am From: Fred Kaluza <fredkaluza...> Subject: [birders] New arrivals
Had Orioles in the treetops yesterday afternoon but none at the jelly feeder yet. Also…I guess I’m still a “Warbler Newby” but just had excellent views of a Palm Warbler a few minutes ago. It was foraging on the ground under a window and doing the “tail bob”. My first impression was “What the heck kind of bird looks like a Chipping Sparrow but has patches of yellow?” I thought it was a hybrid between a Goldfinch and a Chipping Sparrow until I “google lensed” the photo I wife got.
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Glad to hear it Juliet. I kind of miss the reports from birders strolling the Arboretum describing all the Warblers flitting through the treetops. Had a few Black & White Warblers nibbling on Maple buds moving through here this morning and a few Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers here maybe four days ago. I will never be able to get descent photos of Warnlers! 😀
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Subject: RE: Springtime Migration update?
Orioles, Grosbeaks and Hummingbirds are all here in Ann Arbor.
Best
Juliet
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Among other things, I guess Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks eat seeds. For many years I’ve noticed the Grosbeaks, Orioles and Hummingbirds typically arrive in close concert with one another. This year I have had Grosbeaks for a week or ten days with nary a peep from an Oriole or a flash from a Hummer. Granted the Dandelions have just started blooming and the Maples are just sprouting leaflets while the buds on Oaks are still tightly closed here. My question is…have all the Grosbeaks I see become adapted to human-provided sustenance where otherwise there would be none? What “right” do they have to expect any kind of seeds at this time of year? Also…is anyone seeing an advancing line of Orioles and Hummers yet or is the line frozen down near the Ohio border?
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Wouldn’t you know it? A male Ruby-Throat appeared here near Port Huron 15 minutes ago! It perched on some garden trellises for five minutes just looking around then…flew 30 feet to the house where I put out a nectar feeder just this morning. He sure seemed happy. Also…this morning should be Bluebird egg number 4 (but I have not looked). Also, this past Sunday we saw a female Cowbird stubbornly perched on another Gilbertson-style box near the road where I’d seen Chickadees taking interest. Earlier I had hoped Bluebirds would use that box as well so I left the entrance hole full sized. Anyway, I figured that Cowbirds don’t just go around laying eggs in every crevasse they find. Rather, I think they watch for activity and will select a cavity that looks “inhabited”. The day before, I’d looked into that box (in the afternoon) and saw no eggs, just a few fragments of moss so I wondered why the Cowbird was interested. Well, last evening, everything was quiet and there was no activity there for at least ten minutes so I approached the box and tapped the sides and bottom with no response. When I detached the tube from the pole however (to look in), out shoots Mrs. Chickadee scolding me loudly and she perched nearby as I peered in and saw seven eggs! I quickly remounted the box and retreated and she was back in in a couple minutes. All I can say is her tactics at hiding the eggs from anyone (including me and Cowbirds) are truly awesome. My observation is that “other birds” are watching and birds like Bluebirds and Chickadees will watch their own nest from a distance and try to avoid coming and going so as not to reveal their homes to potential usurpers. Birds are cool. Lastly…something small was scampering on the roof of the house last night so I’m still hoping there are Flying Squirrels around. What new with you all? Spring is springing. Good luck to all.
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Among other things, I guess Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks eat seeds. For many years I've noticed the Grosbeaks, Orioles and Hummingbirds typically arrive in close concert with one another. This year I have had Grosbeaks for a week or ten days with nary a peep from an Oriole or a flash from a Hummer. Granted the Dandelions have just started blooming and the Maples are just sprouting leaflets while the buds on Oaks are still tightly closed here. My question is...have all the Grosbeaks I see become adapted to human-provided sustenance where otherwise there would be none? What "right" do they have to expect any kind of seeds at this time of year? Also...is anyone seeing an advancing line of Orioles and Hummers yet or is the line frozen down near the Ohio border?
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Responding to Fred’s question, I can assure everyone that the Ohio border has been crossed. My First-of-Year Northern Oriole and Rose-breasted Grosbeak both appeared on 4/22, with the first Ruby-throated Hummingbird following on 4/29. All were males. Yesterday we added a female RBGR. We, a mile west of Milan, are ½ mile north of the Washtenaw/Monroe county line, putting us 25 miles north of the Ohio border.
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Among other things, I guess Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks eat seeds. For many years I’ve noticed the Grosbeaks, Orioles and Hummingbirds typically arrive in close concert with one another. This year I have had Grosbeaks for a week or ten days with nary a peep from an Oriole or a flash from a Hummer. Granted the Dandelions have just started blooming and the Maples are just sprouting leaflets while the buds on Oaks are still tightly closed here. My question is…have all the Grosbeaks I see become adapted to human-provided sustenance where otherwise there would be none? What “right” do they have to expect any kind of seeds at this time of year? Also…is anyone seeing an advancing line of Orioles and Hummers yet or is the line frozen down near the Ohio border?
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Date: 5/5/26 5:46 am From: Fred Kaluza <fredkaluza...> Subject: [birders] Springtime Migration update?
Among other things, I guess Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks eat seeds. For many years I’ve noticed the Grosbeaks, Orioles and Hummingbirds typically arrive in close concert with one another. This year I have had Grosbeaks for a week or ten days with nary a peep from an Oriole or a flash from a Hummer. Granted the Dandelions have just started blooming and the Maples are just sprouting leaflets while the buds on Oaks are still tightly closed here. My question is…have all the Grosbeaks I see become adapted to human-provided sustenance where otherwise there would be none? What “right” do they have to expect any kind of seeds at this time of year? Also…is anyone seeing an advancing line of Orioles and Hummers yet or is the line frozen down near the Ohio border?
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Date: 5/4/26 11:01 am From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> Subject: [birders] April bird banding results posted
Everyone,
The results from our second spring of banding on Belle Isle, Wayne County, Michigan, have just been posted to my Bird Banding Blog, with many photo highlights. View the blog here: https://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html
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Date: 5/4/26 8:22 am From: 'NAPBirds' via Birders <birders...> Subject: RE: [birders] bluebirds
I second what Fred said. No bluebird boxes if you are not willing to monitor them weekly and kick out any House Sparrows. If you don't kick the House Sparrows out, you are contributing to the destruction of Bluebirds. I have seen many House Sparrow nests on top of deceased Bluebirds and eggs. House Sparrows will kill any other bird species to usurp their nest, if they want to nest there. They are more attached to their nest site than to their mate. The Michigan Bluebird Society has monitoring forms, and helpful hint for identifying nests of various native and non-native birds, and how to deal with House Sparrows.
https://michiganbluebirds.org/ Best,
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The first thing you need to consider is...do not erect or provide any Bluebird "housing" if you don't have the time to "monitor" your nest boxes and are unwilling or unable to "manage" the non-native competitors that you will most-likely encounter.
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Good morning. I am living in a newish place - mini farm with a couple of bluebird pairs present. This is the first time I have had the pleasure of living among them. I am too busy with planting and growing to invest in time and research on bluebirds, but if there are any enthusiasts near Dexter, MI who can help, message me.
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Date: 5/4/26 5:54 am From: Fred Kaluza <fredkaluza...> Subject: Re: [birders] bluebirds
The first thing you need to consider is…do not erect or provide any Bluebird “housing” if you don’t have the time to “monitor” your nest boxes and are unwilling or unable to “manage” the non-native competitors that you will most-likely encounter.
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Date: 5/2/26 8:38 am From: Dr. Shannan McNair <mcnair...> Subject: [birders] bluebirds
Good morning. I am living in a newish place - mini farm with a couple of bluebird pairs present. This is the first time I have had the pleasure of living among them. I am too busy with planting and growing to invest in time and research on bluebirds, but if there are any enthusiasts near Dexter, MI who can help, message me.
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Date: 4/29/26 6:39 am From: IVAN LAHAIE <dr.burbun...> Subject: [birders] Some Arrivals
Some notables returning to the area around the house in the last 24 hours:
White-eyed vireo - yesterday afternoon in state game area south of house east of Prospect Hill Whip-poor-will - old reliable back last night in the woods east of the house Wood Thrush - along the driveway easement
Brown thrashers have also been back for a couple of weeks.
Ivan Prospect Hill S of Easudes Sent from my iPhone
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Date: 4/29/26 6:33 am From: 'pookie2356' via Birders <birders...> Subject: [birders] FOY Redheaded woodpecker
Saw this beauty this morning.Caught this cutie on March 30thSent from my Galaxy
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Red-Breasted Grosbeak (Male) just flew into the yard. He has been refueling on Black Oilers for the last five minutes here near Port Huron.
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The camera that caught the “tail” is about 20’ above ground level.
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Very interesting thoughts (as always) John. Well, I’ll go take a picture in a few minutes but the cam is mounted on a board attached to an Oak Tree so…not a balcony but…there are a couple feral cats around here but I’ve never seen them camping-out on limbs or branches although they DO go up and down my driveway at night. Next…my neighbor told me (three years ago) that he heard scratching on his bird feeder one night and briefly saw what he thought was a flying squirrel. Now his setup is probably 300 feet away from my tree and I’ve not had any indications of any at my feeders here ever. If I’ve got some nesting in this old Oak, it would be the closest I’ve ever come to a flying squirrel since some DNR program manager brought a couple into my 8th grade biology class back in 1974! Wouldn’t you know I’ve just had a pair of Chickadees and a pair of Bluebirds move into nest-boxes just yesterday and I hear Flying Squirrels sometimes predate nests. It seems there is always something to be concerned about! Pic of mounted camera to follow.
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Subject: RE: [birders] Probably Non-Bird
Fred,
Of course, I have no knowledge of the placement of your cam, but from its perspective on the gate below, it would appear that it may be in or near a second floor window, or somewhere on a balcony above the line of sight over the railing. That would make it possible that an animal walked along that railing, flicking its tail into the cam’s line of sight briefly at timeline 0 and again at 0:11.
For the tail to appear the size it does, it would have had to be quite close to the cam.
All that said, the configuration of the tail and especially its rounded tip speaks to me most definitely of a domesticated cat. If there is a cat in your neighborhood and if there is a railing, other walkway, or even a tree limb or some type of raised platform or pylon along which a cat could access, I’d assume that a flick of its tail in range of the cam’s sensor is what has been activating the cam.
About the only other nocturnal prowler I can imagine triggering the cam would be a flying squirrel, but in your case, I believe the tail to be too long, the tip to be too rounded, and its hairiness too compact for that wild critter.
Any chance I’m reading the situation and likely culprit correctly?
John
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I have a trail cam up a tree that’s getting triggered randomly for the last couple months. Last night at about 11:30 PM, the video at the link below was captured. Not much to go on but guesses are welcome.
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 9:05 AM Fred Kaluza <fredkaluza...><mailto:<fredkaluza...>> wrote:
I have a trail cam up a tree that’s getting triggered randomly for the last couple months. Last night at about 11:30 PM, the video at the link below was captured. Not much to go on but guesses are welcome.
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Well, I was referring to what I think is a “tail”. I’d say it’s even fur-covered.
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Fred, are you referring to the white image in the lower right corner? If so, it looks like spider leg videos that my cameras have recorded at night. Creepy!
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I have a trail cam up a tree that’s getting triggered randomly for the last couple months. Last night at about 11:30 PM, the video at the link below was captured. Not much to go on but guesses are welcome.
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Date: 4/27/26 6:38 am From: Terry Hoenle <terry_hoenle...> Subject: [birders] Re: Probably Non-Bird
Fred, are you referring to the white image in the lower right corner? If so, it looks like spider leg videos that my cameras have recorded at night. Creepy!
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Date: 4/27/26 6:05 am From: Fred Kaluza <fredkaluza...> Subject: [birders] Probably Non-Bird
I have a trail cam up a tree that’s getting triggered randomly for the last couple months. Last night at about 11:30 PM, the video at the link below was captured. Not much to go on but guesses are welcome.
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A male RB Grosbeak followed the male Northern Oriole to the orange halves. Also, still seeing migrating Jays. 12 today.
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On Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 10:45 AM Dody Wyman <dody...><mailto:<dody...>> wrote:
Hi Everybody,
It’s not noon yet, and this morning I’ve seen both blue jays and nuthatches “make babies”. Plus a very loud redheaded woodpecker has returned! Can’t wait to see what happens next!
Plus four eggs in our nearby bluebird box. And wait! Make that two redheadeds!
Dody
P.S. Is anyone else feeling like blue jays are taking over all territory and feeders?
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Date: 4/24/26 6:42 am From: Fred Kaluza <fredkaluza...> Subject: Re: [birders] Wow!!
Way to go Diane! I have two nest boxes being investigated by Chickadees but the Bluebirds I had snooping-around at the beginning of the month have been absent for weeks. Hopefully the Chickadees have success before the House Wrens show up.
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Subject: Re: [birders] Wow!!
On one hanging platform feeder, have seen a male red bellied wood pecker run off a blue jay several times. This is in Milford Twp.
I have 6 completed bluebird nests and 1 more with 4 eggs.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 1:42 PM Allen Chartier <amazilia3...><mailto:<amazilia3...>> wrote:
I had 85 Blue Jays over Belle Isle this morning. Their northward migration is peaking now.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 10:45 AM Dody Wyman <dody...><mailto:<dody...>> wrote:
Hi Everybody,
It’s not noon yet, and this morning I’ve seen both blue jays and nuthatches “make babies”. Plus a very loud redheaded woodpecker has returned! Can’t wait to see what happens next!
Plus four eggs in our nearby bluebird box. And wait! Make that two redheadeds!
Dody
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On one hanging platform feeder, have seen a male red bellied wood pecker
run off a blue jay several times. This is in Milford Twp.
I have 6 completed bluebird nests and 1 more with 4 eggs.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 1:42 PM Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> wrote:
> I had 85 Blue Jays over Belle Isle this morning. Their northward migration
> is peaking now.
>
> Allen T. Chartier
> Inkster, Michigan
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> On Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 10:45 AM Dody Wyman <dody...> wrote:
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>> Hi Everybody,
>>
>> It’s not noon yet, and this morning I’ve seen both blue jays and
>> nuthatches “make babies”. Plus a very loud redheaded woodpecker has
>> returned! Can’t wait to see what happens next!
>>
>> Plus four eggs in our nearby bluebird box. And wait! Make that two
>> redheadeds!
>>
>> Dody
>>
>> P.S. Is anyone else feeling like blue jays are taking over all territory
>> and feeders?
>>
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On Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 5:47 PM Su Clift <coffeebeansu...> wrote:
> Is that why my feeder area has had 30+ at a time the past week or so? I
> have never had this before.
> Su in Adrian
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> On Apr 23, 2026, at 2:01 PM, Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> wrote:
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> I had 85 Blue Jays over Belle Isle this morning. Their northward migration
> is peaking now.
>
> Allen T. Chartier
> Inkster, Michigan
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> On Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 10:45 AM Dody Wyman <dody...> wrote:
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>> Hi Everybody,
>>
>> It’s not noon yet, and this morning I’ve seen both blue jays and
>> nuthatches “make babies”. Plus a very loud redheaded woodpecker has
>> returned! Can’t wait to see what happens next!
>>
>> Plus four eggs in our nearby bluebird box. And wait! Make that two
>> redheadeds!
>>
>> Dody
>>
>> P.S. Is anyone else feeling like blue jays are taking over all territory
>> and feeders?
>>
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On Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 10:45 AM Dody Wyman <dody...> wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> It’s not noon yet, and this morning I’ve seen both blue jays and
> nuthatches “make babies”. Plus a very loud redheaded woodpecker has
> returned! Can’t wait to see what happens next!
>
> Plus four eggs in our nearby bluebird box. And wait! Make that two
> redheadeds!
>
> Dody
>
> P.S. Is anyone else feeling like blue jays are taking over all territory
> and feeders?
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It’s not noon yet, and this morning I’ve seen both blue jays and nuthatches “make babies”. Plus a very loud redheaded woodpecker has returned! Can’t wait to see what happens next!
Plus four eggs in our nearby bluebird box. And wait! Make that two redheadeds!
Dody
P.S. Is anyone else feeling like blue jays are taking over all territory and feeders?
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Date: 4/22/26 6:35 am From: <ajf-jlf...> Subject: [birders] Baltimore Oriole
The male Baltimore Oriole is a FOY and earliest ever for us near Milan in extreme southern Washtenaw Co. Also had a record 12 White-throated Sparrow individuals taking cracked corn from the ground this morning.
And on Sunday, 4/19/26 we noted 10 Blue Jays, twice the usual visitors at the feeders. I assume this marked the passage of a contingent of migrants from somewhere south of here.
JF
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